Dennis Herrera and the A's; Guilfoyle on Fox; KNBR: your sports and betting service leader

SF DA Dennis Herrera's letter to Major League Baseball threatening litigation if the A's go ahead with their feeble plans to move to San Jose, is more window-dressing, but the mere act itself demonstrates the hoard of hurdles facing A's front man Lew Wolff as he pursues the South Bay.

A few factors: **Herrera is running for Mayor of SF and giving the Giants owners some legal love and maneuvering is a great way to raise some cash for his campaign.

**Although sketchy in details, (how shocking) Oakland's announcement of four possible downtown/Jack London Square sites for a new A's home, semi-pushes Wolff into a corner. It also helps that the leader of the campaign is developer Doug Boxer, son of Senator Barbara Boxer, who lives in Jack London Square.

Senator Boxer and powerful Oakland Congresswoman, Barbara Lee, (head of the Congressional Black caucus) have subtly threatened MLB's coveted anti-trust exemption, should the A's be allowed to leave Oakland, in spite of the cities pitch to Wolff.

All of these latest developments can only further muddle and delay any remote chance that San Jose could get the A's in the next five years. Litigation, local SJ voter/residential stadium opposition, combined with financing and infrastructure issues are only a smidgen of the hurdles.

My prediction, as always, is the A's will stay in Oakland for at least the next five years and/or Lew Wolff will either sell the team to a local owner, or, worst-case scenario, the A's will move out of the Bay Area, but A. where? and B. why would they? (even with their old, dank Oakland Coliseum, they made millions last year)

**Fox News channel emperor Bill O'Reilly did a detailed segment the other night on SF's notorious MS-13 gang member, Edwin Ramos, who is charged with the murders of Tony Bologna, 48, and his two sons.

O'Reilly mocked the cities "sanctuary-status" law, which is a haven for illegal aliens. Ramos is an illegal alien.

On the segment, ex-SF deputy DA, and now Fox legal diva, Kimberly Guilfoyle offered contempt for the sanctuary law and defended Mayor Gavin Newsom's opposition to the statute, and ripping hard into the Board of Supervisors. At one point, Guilfoyle said, "that's one of the reasons I left SF and 'moved here to NY.'"

Incredibly, during the ten-minute segment, neither Guilfoyle nor O'Reilly mentioned that the ex-DA was once married to Newsom. Even by Fox News and O'Reilly's standards, that's pretty inexcusable.

**KNBR is now running not less than four Vegas betting services spots on both their AM 680 and sister-station 1050 AM. No big deal, but at least three of the sponsors have appeared on their morning, mid-day, and afternoon shows, without a disclaimer that the "guests" are buying time on the station.

I reported this item a few weeks back. At the time, only two tout-sheet guys were on, but now its enlarged to four. Me thinks an FCC inquiry might be forthcoming; bet on it.

**NEWS, NOTES and COMMENT: KCBS has added Jason Brooks to its financial line-up...KSFO's insufferable Brian Sussman has been filling in for Lee Rodgers this week; Sussman's righteous act and pro-birther blather makes Rodgers sound like Keith Olbermann...Congratulations to Gary Radnich for 25 years in the SF market; side note: was it really necessary for radio side-kick, Dan Dibley, to do an interview? I mean, we'll, I won't go there...Ex-Oak Trib and Examiner media writer, Bill Mann, has a hilarious daily blog, which is required reading if you want to enjoy beltway-NY--LA satire at its best...Funniest three hours on nightly local radio: ex-Foxer Alan Colmes on Green 960 at 10 PM. Colmes runs a fast-paced, funny, lucid and often hysterical amalgam of lunatic, right-wing callers, some of whom are unintentionally funny. Gotta give a listen...Didn't think it could happen, but I've warmed to Pat Thurston on KGO radio from 1 AM-5AM Friday and Saturday nights.

FINALLY: Two key, intriguing developments to follow: Come January 1st, turn on KRON4 and see if there's anything but a test pattern...and watch for MAJOR personnel changes on local AM and FM stations, particularly at 680 and 810 AM.

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